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Workstation 5.5.2 on OpenSuSE 10.2Beta 2 - VFS error posted: Nov 16, 2006 8:43 AM

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c_rolfe
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Sep 12, 2006
Hi I have just installed Workstation 5.5.2 on an upgraded system running OpenSuSE 10.2.

I store my Virtual machines on a separate partition using a ext3 filesystem.

If I try to open a VM that I previously created I get a VFS error "The Folder could not be displayed - VFS error: Invalid parameters"

However, I can create new images on the same partition

Any ideas?

Re: Workstation 5.5.2 on OpenSuSE 10.2Beta 2 - VFS error

1. Nov 17, 2006 1:14 AM in response to: c_rolfe
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c_rolfe
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Sep 12, 2006
More Information

If I run vmware from a terminal and attempt to open an existing VM I get the following error

(vmware:19396): libgnomevfs-WARNING **: Cannot load module `/opt/gnome/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libfile.so' (/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6))

(vmware:19396): libgnomevfs-WARNING **: Cannot load module `/opt/gnome/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libfile.so' (/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6))

(vmware:19396): libgnomevfs-WARNING **: Failed to open session DBUS connection: Failed to execute dbus-launch to autolaunch D-Bus session
Volume monitoring will not work.
process 19396: arguments to dbus_connection_send_with_reply_and_block() were incorrect, assertion "connection != NULL" failed in file dbus-connection.c line 3168.
This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.
D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace

I have tried 5.5.3 as well, same issue.

Chris

Re: Workstation 5.5.2 on OpenSuSE 10.2Beta 2 - VFS error

2. Nov 17, 2006 5:00 PM in response to: c_rolfe
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philipl
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Nov 1, 2004
There's a couple of different things going on here.

1) The warnings with respect to libfile.so are unavoidable due to a C++ abi mismatch. That's never going to change for 5.5

2) The dbus failing to open session thing suggests you're running workstation as a suer other than the logged in desktop user. Is that the case?

Re: Workstation 5.5.2 on OpenSuSE 10.2Beta 2 - VFS error

3. Nov 20, 2006 2:06 AM in response to: philipl
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c_rolfe
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Sep 12, 2006
Hi Philipl

On point 2 yes you are correct I was running as a suer, and running under a user I don't get the dbus error.

So I guess I need to what for and new version of workstation 5.6 or 6.0 to resolve the problem.

Cheers

Chris

Re: Workstation 5.5.2 on OpenSuSE 10.2Beta 2 - VFS error

4. Dec 2, 2006 5:41 PM in response to: c_rolfe
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activewire
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Dec 2, 2006
Here is a workaround for Workstation 5.5.3 on OpenSUSE10.2:

cd /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0
mv libpng12.so.0 libpng12.so.0.old
ln -sf /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 libpng12.so.0

cd /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
mv libgcc_s.so.1 libgcc_s.so.1.old
ln -sf /lib/libgcc_s.so.1

Re: Workstation 5.5.2 on OpenSuSE 10.2Beta 2 - VFS error

5. Dec 8, 2006 1:47 PM in response to: activewire
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jaredj
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Oct 24, 2005
On my OpenSuse 10.2 Gold release I found that the file structure was a bit different than you said.

1) Rename libpng12.so.0 in /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0
relink libpng12.so.0
2) ln -sf /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0
while in the /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0 directory
fix libgcc
3) Rename libgcc_s.so.1 in /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
relink libgcc_s.so.1
4) ln -sf /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
while in the /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 directory

Hope that helps.
Jared

Re: Workstation 5.5.2 on OpenSuSE 10.2Beta 2 - VFS error

6. Dec 12, 2006 8:46 AM in response to: jaredj
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VashTheStampe…
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Feb 6, 2006
It helped me perfectly.

Thx jaredi

Re: Workstation 5.5.2 on OpenSuSE 10.2Beta 2 - VFS error

7. Dec 19, 2006 3:14 AM in response to: jaredj
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c_rolfe
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Sep 12, 2006
Great,

This worked for me as well.

Thanks

Re: Workstation 5.5.2 on OpenSuSE 10.2Beta 2 - VFS error

8. Dec 22, 2006 1:59 PM in response to: c_rolfe
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riaronson
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Jun 4, 2006
This same fix applied for me on the release version of OpenSuSE 10.2 on 5.5.3 build-34685 in case anyone needs to know.

Re: Workstation 5.5.2 on OpenSuSE 10.2Beta 2 - VFS error

9. Jan 4, 2007 2:33 PM in response to: c_rolfe
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jimaman
30 posts since
Oct 21, 2003
This procedure definitely works, but I had some difficulty interpreting the parts. Some less-Linux-adept folks might benefit from a straightforward listing of the steps. Hence...

Perform the following steps as root:

cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib
mv libpng12.so.0 libpng12.so.0.old
ln -sf /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0
mv libgcc_s.so.1 libgcc_s.so.1.old
ln -sf /lib/libgcc_s.so.1

This was done on openSUSE 10.2 (non-beta, full release) running VMware 5.5.3 build-34685.

Re: Workstation 5.5.3 on OpenSuSE 10.2

10. Feb 13, 2007 8:24 AM in response to: jimaman
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azirbes
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Feb 13, 2007
my VMware has recently ceased to work. I re-linked libpng12.so.0, and libgcc_s.so.1 to no avail. The volume of the error I receive when launching vmware has shrunk, but the software still fails to load. Here is the message I recieve:

process 24251: Attempt to remove filter function 0xb6a20410 user data 0x87f8f58, but no such filter has been added
D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace
process 24262: Attempt to remove filter function 0xb6db6410 user data 0x87fbff8, but no such filter has been added
D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace

kernel: 2.6.18.2
rpm:
VMwareWorkstation-5.5.3-34685
libpng-1.2.12-23
libgcc41-4.1.2_20061115-5

Xen 3.0.3 works... hmm....

Re: Workstation 5.5.3 on OpenSuSE 10.2

11. Feb 13, 2007 8:35 AM in response to: azirbes
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azirbes
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Feb 13, 2007
... rolling back to VMwareWorkstation 5.5.2 works. I think I'll avoid 5.5.3 until there's a newer version.

Re: Workstation 5.5.2 on OpenSuSE 10.2Beta 2 - VFS error

12. Apr 18, 2007 10:22 PM in response to: jimaman
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falafeldiaper
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Apr 18, 2007
This worked perfectly - OpenSuSE 10.2, VMWARE 5.5.3 34685

Re: Workstation 5.5.2 on OpenSuSE 10.2Beta 2 - VFS error

13. May 10, 2007 6:26 PM in response to: jimaman
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jlong
19 posts since
Oct 20, 2006
When is this going to be resolved? Or what is causing this? The solution worked on 2 of my installations on opensuse 10.2 and vmware server 1.0.3 build-44356

Thanks,
John

Re: Workstation 5.5.2 on OpenSuSE 10.2Beta 2 - VFS error

14. Aug 24, 2007 2:20 PM in response to: c_rolfe
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Hooker
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Aug 24, 2007
The process described above worked for me as well even on VMware Server Console 1.0.3.
No Workstation installed.

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